Mobile app for autism screening yields useful data
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke study of an iPhone app to screen young children for signs of autism has found that the...
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New in the Hastings Center Report, May-June 2018
Genetic Privacy, Disease Prevention, and the Principle of Rescue Madison K. Kilbride People who undergo genetic testing sometimes discover that they carry mutations that increase...
New study finds pitcher injuries increase as pitch count rises
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center More than half of high school baseball pitchers report experiencing pain in their throwing arms during the...
Arthur edits survival guide for anesthesiology residents
Credit: Phil Jones, Augusta University Senior Photographer - Dr. Mary Arthur, director of the anesthesiology residency program at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta...
Zn-InsP6 complex can enhance excretion of radioactive strontium from the body
Credit: Kanazawa University 90Sr (t1/2 = 29.1 y) is one of the most important nuclear fission elements. After the nuclear power plant disasters of Chernobyl...
The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent High-Level Commission on non-communicable diseases
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by a third by 2030 and...
Irradiating chest lymph nodes in patients with early stage breast cancer improves survival without increasing side effects
Credit: ©EORTC Chicago, USA: Giving radiation therapy to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone and above the collar bone to patients with early...
Structure of protein pair provides blueprint for future drugs
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have visualised for the first time how the protein SOCS1 'switches off'...
Study offers new hope for the fight against genetically determined obesity
Around two to six per cent of all people with obesity develop obesity already in early childhood; it's in their genetic cards. Obesity-causal mutations in...
Researchers: A power failure in your fat cells could short-circuit your health
A specialized fat molecule, called cardiolipin, that is made within the body's own fat cells, is far more significant to the body's overall state of...
The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by a third by 2030 and...
Wait for it: Serotonin and confidence at the root of patience in new study
Credit: OIST Just a little longer. It's a common experience: hanging on in the hopes that our patience will pay off in the end. From...
Scientists develop material that could regenerate dental enamel
Credit: Alvaro Mata Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which could regenerate hard tissues such...
Walking faster could make you live longer: research
Speeding up your walking pace could extend your life, research led by the University of Sydney suggests. Walking at an average pace was found to...
Immunocompromised patients with sepsis may face higher mortality at hospitals treating small numbers
Credit: ATS June 1, 2018--Immunosuppressed patients with sepsis appear more likely to die if they are treated in a hospital caring for a relatively small...
